Thread: New Research says yogurt is low carb

maybe yall have discussed this alreay but according to some articles i just read, new research suggests that the carb content listed on yogurt (and this pertains to plain yogurt or one's sweetened with sweetner, not sugar) is much lower than it actually states. To put it in a nutshell, from what i understood, the bacteria in the yogurt eats most of the sugars--The bacteria turn the lactose (milk sugar) into lactic acid so therefore the sugars are no longer there, but are listed as if they are. According to this research, 1 cup of plain yogurt is 4 grams of carbs. if this is true, then this is great news!!
yogurt-low carb?

I'm sure you all have heard of Blue Bunny's yogurt with splenda, as I had last year. But at the time I thought, it's still too high in carbs regardless of sugar content. But...maybe not! I hope this info is accurate b/c i'd love to be able to have yogurt.

Gia...


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I, too, hope this is true. Yogurt is something I used to eat quite a bit, and would enjoy adding back to my diet. Does anyone know for sure about this?

I hadn't heard this, but I agree...it would be nice...Hopefully there is someone here who knows more about it. I would love to add yogurt back to my diet.

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This is a subject that has been mulled over many times here and the general consensus is that plain yogurt is 4 carbs per cup. Now, if you are buying a pre-sweetened yogurt, even with Splenda, I would think it could have more carbs than 4 per cup.

Yogurt is such a good food for us that it is worth adding back into your diet on OWL or maintenance. I make it for my kids with whole milk and sometimes add cream as well to be sure it is as low-carb as I can make it. We also drink kefir that I make with whole milk and should have the same carb count or less.

Being healthy is the ultimate goal for most of us not just being thin, right?!

Connie

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As I always say in such threads. I've never been able to find any actual research on this. Just that same article (which everyone cites) which contains someone's theory.

I understand the theory, but my glucometer does not. A cup of yogurt is the same as a cup of milk as far as my blood sugar is concerned. A cup of kefir, however, gives me much less of a rise in my blood sugar, so I have about a half a cup of kefir most days.

If you're consuming moderate amounts of yogurt and it doesn't blow you out of ketosis or stall your weight loss, then I don't see why you shouldn't continue to do so.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

Mags, the research was done by the folks who wrote the Go! Diet, if I remember correctly. I don't have time now to look it up, but I'm sure you can find it...

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Sharron
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Well, I went to their web page and they don't cite any research there. So I went and did another pub med search using their names. Nuthin.

I'm not saying they didn't do the research, just that I can't find it reported in a peer reviewed journal. Maybe my research skills are not up to snuff today.

If anyone knows where the research was published, I'd be grateful for the info. I'd like to know how they did it.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Redhead until further notice!

Sorry Maggie I couldn't find it either.

I often eat a breakfast of maggie's cereal and 1/2 cup yogurt. It gives me a very satisfying 10 carb breakfast. But i count the carbs that the label says are in there because I figure better to err on the side of caution. Plus if this "research" was widely accepted the manufacturers of yogurt would be all over it.

Rob
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Me, a skeptic? I trust you have proof.

On the Go Diet Forum, the author of The Go Diet was peppered with hundreds of questions asking the same question, what his sources were, and he was very defensive about it and declines to answer the question anymore. He may be right, but it looked really flaky.

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Before my blood sugar problems were so bad, I ate plain yogurt every day, with fresh fruit. I found that there were some yogurts I had no problem with, and some that made me ill just like milk would. I haven't been able to handle yogurt for quite a while, unfortunately. There were a few brands from my health food store that caused no problems.

The best yogurt I ever had was in Israel--SOUR! and just yummy.

My husband and I have tried blue bunny yogurt...and it triggered major cravings almost instantly. So for us..yogurt is a no go. Which is disapointing because we both love yogurt.




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